Foreword
I am very grateful for the opportunity given to me to write the foreword for this book. Bismillahir Rahmaani Rahiim. Nahmadubu Wa Nusolli 'Ala Rasulihil Karim. Amma Badu: This humble and poor servant of Allah, Hadhrat Maulawi Jalaluddin Ahmad Ar-Rowi 'Ufiyallahu Anhu Wali Walidaihi Wali Jami'il Muslimin has been requested to write the foreword for this classic literature work titled The Essence of Sufism by the Enlightened Master of the Path Hadhrat, Sufi Taoshobuddha. May Allah sanctify all his secrets! Tasawwuf is a realization process to clean the physical aspects of man from all the bad qualities and lifestyles and fill it with all the good qualities and the lifestyles of the Holy Prophet Muhammad Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam and to clean the spiritual aspects of man from all the thoughts regarding the creations and fill it with the thought of the greatness of Allah Subhanabu Wa Tirala the Ultimate Creator! For someone who wants to learn Tasawwuf, he or she needs to practice the Sunnah of the Holy Prophet Muhammad Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam into their daily life and fill their thoughts with the remembrance of Allah Ta'ala the lord and the creator of the entire universe. This is the path of the Sufis on which they struggled and for which they sacrificed. It is because of the efforts they took to explain about the path by the blessings of Allah Ta'ala, that the knowledge of Tasawwuf continues until today, through their sacred literature. No one can deny the truth of the spiritual aspect in humans and that the one who really understands about the selves and the creator of the selves is the Prophet Muhammad Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam because he is the first Rub (spirit) that Allah had created. Then He created the saints and the Sufis who really know and understand about the heart, which is the reflection of the centre of the 'Anash (throne) in the human heart. They are the people of the heart who connect themselves to the ultimate being whose secrets are above the throne. Learning the path of the Sufis or the Tariqah is the key to reach the Ma'rifat (gnosis) of Allah's essence, qualities, attributes, names, and actions and by practicing on the path it will lead the seekers to reach the Haqiqat (reality). Practicing the path will enable the seekers to understand the sayings and utterances of the Sufis and to understand their poems or poetries by understanding their sacred path. The sayings are so beautiful that they touch the seeker's heart. Allah's words are the most high above all the words of the Creation that nothing can be compared to them and the Holy Prophet Muhammad Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam's words are the best words amongst the Creation. Other than that, are the poets who express their love and affection towards Allah Ta'ala, the sustainer of the entire universe!
Introduction
Dr. Visier Sanyü
CHARACTERIZING TASAWWUF
tidings to those who believe and do good works that they shall Binherit gardens beneath which rivers flow. So often as they are fed in in that life with fruits they shall say: "These are the fruits which are given us formerly," because they shall find the fruits after life resembling the fruits which were given them here.
Holy Quran
This esoteric dimension exists in all religions, and in Islam it originated with the tradition of Prophet Muhammad. Mysticism in Islam is termed as Sufism. The mystic is a Sufi. One of the first women Sufis we can trace in Islamic mysticism is Fatima Bint (608-633 A.H.). There is an interesting transition that you notice in her personality. While mourning the death of Propher Muhammad she said, "It is not surprising that whoever catche the fragrance of Muhammad's tomb will never know another perfume Destiny injured me with bereavement so sorrowful and so dark that if had fallen on the days they would have been turned into eternal night Her expression of this utterance is Tasawwuf Poetry and love shqi Hagigi) are the important languages of expression in Tasawwuf. While traversing on the path for attaining the status of Sufi when the self undergoes certain transitions, it acquires an ecstasy and the expression of that ecstasy is Tasawwuf. As the Quran reveals that within the human self there are seven 'selved within each soul. The first is Nafi-i-ammara, the physical self or the spiris of self prone to evil; the second is Nafis-lawama, the moral self or the self-accusing spirit or conscience, the third is Nafi-i-Mullahama, the inspired self, and the fourth is the Nafs-i-murmainnah, the self-tranqual or the spiritual self. The fifth, Nafi-i-Radiyya is the contented self, the sixth is Nafi-i-Mandiyye, the soul satisfying, and the last is the Mafi-Safiyya wa Kamila, the self-clarified and perfect. The attainment of the Nafs-i-mutmainnah is described in the Holy Quran thus: "O thou soul that art at rest (and restest fully consented with thy Lord), return to thy Lord, thou being pleased with Him and He pleased with thee, so enter among my servants and enter into My paradise."
Holy Quran LXXXIX28-30
When a human being pursues the path of spirituality he gets transformed from grossness to virtue; this process purifies the spirit of his conscience and he acquires the control over unbridled passions, sensual desires, and bestial appetites. He gets freedom from all weaknesses, material longings, and other worldly attachments and thus attains Nafs-i-Safiyya wa Kamila.
About The Author
Sheikh Taoshobuddha was born in a Sufi family of Enlightened Sheikhs on February 6, 1951. Enlightened Master Taoshobuddha officially known as Brij K. Saksena, majored in Economics, taught at Kanpur University in India, and authored many books on Economics. In 1981 he migrated to Trinidad, West Indies where he started a business, but his eternal quest continued. For the transformation of human consciousness he began his first Radio program in 1990, the Hour of Introspection. Later, in 2005 he began another series of inspirational programs called Whispers of the Unknown. Thus, the work of transforming human consciousness continues. As part of his works he conducts maraqbas and talks in Trinidad as well as worldwide. He is the author of various books, namely, Meditation: The way to self-realization, Meditation the Ultimate in Healing, Leaves from a Sufi Heart vol. 1, Leaves from a Sufi Heart vol. 2, Maraqba-I-Naqshbandi, Maraqba-I-Rumi, Shah Bahauddin Naqshband - Life and Works, Tasuwware Sheikh.
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